It is rightly said, “You are what you eat!” Diet plays important role in our overall wellness, many health problems including detrimental side effects of cancer treatment can be taken care of with healthy nutritious diet.

For fast recovery and effective response of cancer treatment it is mandatory for cancer patient to have healthy balance diet which contains right amount of protein, carbohydrates, fat and essential minerals and vitamins.

The diet should be customised combination of cereals, legumes, dals, vegetables, and fruits, adequate amount of liquids, lean meat, eggs and dairy products, preferably prepared by the nutritionist.

Experts at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), suggests cancer patients to eat the right foods before, during and after treatment. A nutritious diet is must for cancer patients to maintain a healthy body weight and energy levels stay in good health to tolerate the side-effects of treatment and also for fast recovery.

Foods that need to be added in diet for cancer patient:

Vegetables

Each fruits and vegetables are source of minerals and vitamins and everyone should take locally available seasonal fruits and vegetables. However, few of them are recommended for cancer patients that include tomatoes, carrots, peas, pumpkin, broccoli, turnips, cabbage, cauliflower, bitter guard and green leafy vegetables.

Do not take sugar loaded foods that have more calories and less nutrition values.

Choose lean meats and fish more often than red meat and processed meats.

Try new cuisine or new dishes, due to change in taste, foods that ones you dislike may taste good and you start liking during treatment.

If possible develop a hobby of home organic kitchen gardening, it will help you to combat depression as well provide you the fresh home grown vegetables against genetically modified frozen fruits and vegetables.

Cancer patient should follow the diet prepared by nutritionist and strictly follow it.

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Most of the times to get rid of tension headache people reach out to painkillers; however painkillers are not the only way to get relief from tension headache. Try following home remedies to feel better, suggested by Mayo Clinic, published at Health days News.

Try to avoid stressful conditions by effective organization and be prepared to minimize stressful conditions. It’s ok to have some fun at work. Don’t overdo at work. Apply a heating pad, hot water bottle or warm compress to aching muscles. Or take a hot shower.

Take an ice pack, wrapped it in a towel, and apply it to the neck.

To ease muscle strain practice good posture. While standing, keep shoulders back and head level, buttocks and abdomen pulled in. While sitting, keep your head straight and thighs parallel to the floor.

Be socially active. Connect with others by taking a class, joining an organization, or participating in a support group.

Learn time management skills. The more efficiently you can juggle work and family demands, the lower your stress level.

Get control of stressful situations if you can. Don't let stressful situations aggravate. Hold family problem-solving sessions and use negotiation skills at home and at work.

Take care of yourself. Treat yourself to a massage. Take pleasure in an experience: for example, eat slowly and really focus on the taste and sensations of each bite. Take a walk or a nap, or listen to your favourite music.

Ask for help. Don't be afraid to ask for help from your spouse, friends, and neighbours.

Do you know the benefits of apples, carrots and beetroots? When mixed together, they can do wonders to your body! They can help you control symptoms of many diseases, from a pimple to a cancer. If you drink this simple and tasty Miracle drink, you can keep disease away and enjoy health status and wellbeing of your body. Read on to know the benefits of “miracle drink” on your body…

What is a Miracledrink?

Any day colorful fruits and vegetables are healthy when compared to processed foods.

This drink was initially prepared by Chinese herbalists for the treatment of lung cancer. They could also cure many other diseases with this miracle drink. It has recently gained popularity because of the health benefits it offers.

A miracle drink gives countless benefits to your brain and body.

You know what?

The most vibrantly colored fruits and vegetables have the most nutrition.

Food that is in red/purple or blue decreases the risk of stroke, heart disease and kidney disease. Foods in orange or yellow are good for your eyes, help in maintaining your blood pressure, they prevent indigestion, reduce swelling and infection. Foods in green are rich sources of Vitamin K and Vitamin C. Foods in white like potatoes; bananas are rich in Vitamin C and Potassium.

Hence colorful fruits and vegetables are a compulsion in a complete meal.

The most nutritious of all the above foods are 3 foods. They are:

➢ Apple

➢ Carrot

➢ Beetroot

When these ingredients are put in a blender in equal quantities, you get a miracle drink!

You can vary the quantity of each food according to your taste.

You can add a few drops of lemon to the miracle drink but do not add sugar. You should consume miracle drink immediately after preparing it. You should not store it.

What makes Miracledrink so special?

Miracle drink is packed with nutrients that will do wonders on your body!

It is beneficial for women since it gives relief from pain and cramps during menstrual cycles

This drink gives maximum energy with less number of calories. Hence it’s great for weight loss

It has anti-inflammatory properties

For better results it is advisable to drink it in the morning on an empty stomach and sometime in the afternoon before 5 pm. Also, remember to eat breakfast an hour after drinking miracle drink..

Miracle drink is the ultimate solution for all your health problems. Packed with nutrients it can cure anything from a pimple to a cancer. Hence have at least a glass of Miracle drink daily. Continue this for 3 months to experience the miracle of the Miracle drink. Moreover, consulting a dietitian or nutritionist to improve your general health and lifestyle makes it more helpful to consume the healthy food.

Author's Bio:- Aradhana Sharma has been working with writing challenged clients for over 2 years. She provides health writing, tips and home remedies related to health. Her educational background in family science and journalism has given her a broad base from which to approach many topics. She specially enjoys writing on lifestyle and health.

Heart disease is the key cause for higher incidence of death in industrialized countries. Health professionals always emphasize lifestyle modification as the first and the most beneficial way for reducing heart disease related risk factors. Eating a healthy diet is an integral part of such heart-healthy lifestyle.

When it comes to healthy diet, cooking oil becomes a vital ingredient in deciding a meal plan. It is not only essential stuff in all kitchens for frying and baking purpose but also important part in salad dressing. Now-a-day varieties of heart-healthy cooking oils are available in the market. But how many of them really remain healthy after cooking?

Selecting healthy cooking oil from various available brands is tough, isn’t it? However, keeping few things in mind while purchasing cooking oil, can definitely help to solve this problem.

The type of fat and smoke point of a particular oil helps to determine healthiness of cooking oil. Presence of Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) makes oil healthy by reducing bad cholesterol from blood. On the contrary, oil with high saturated and trans fat that increases bad cholesterol level are considered as unhealthy.

Second important thing deciding healthiness of cooking oil is its smoke point. Smoke point is a temperature at which oil starts to produce toxic compounds. Smoke point makes cooking oil best for specific purpose use. For frying and searing purpose it’s always better to go for oil with a higher smoke point.

Olive oil

Olive oil is an important constituent of “Mediterranean diet” that is known to boost heart health.

Health benefit of olive oil is related to presence of MUFA. MUFA aids in lowering total and low-density lipoprotein and triglyceride cholesterol from blood, which are considered bad for heart health.

Benefits of olive oil are beyond a mere reduction of cholesterol. According to International Olive Council, olive oil prevents excessive blood coagulation and avoids a formation of blood clots inside blood vessels. This property of olive oil stops the process of ‘atherosclerosis’, a process of formation of cholesterol rich deposits on the wall of blood vessels that can obstruct normal blood flow.

On the contrary, phytochemicals from olive oil help to maintain healthy blood vessels and improve a blood circulation process.

As olive oil has medium to low smoke point, it is better for salad dressing.

Canola oil :

High content of MUFA and PUFA in canola oil makes it ideal cooking oil for frying and baking purpose. According to Canola Council of Canada presence of omega-3 in canola oil helps to reduce bad (LDL) cholesterol. Furthermore, canola oil is one, which is lowest in saturated fat and has zero trans fat both of which increases heart disease-related risk.

Also, it is a good source of vitamin E; an antioxidant that decreases free radicals induced damage. A high smoke point increases its cooking utility.

Rice bran oil:

This oil extracted from rice is suitable for frying purpose. Equal concentration of MUFA and PUFA make it perfect for heart health. However healthy effect of rice bran is due to presence of oryzanol, an antioxidant that inhibits plaque formation inside blood vessels.

According to study published in The Journal of Nutrition Biochemistry, oryzanol have higher effect in reducing very low and low-density lipoprotein.

High smoke point of rice bran oil makes it ideal for frying and searing purpose.

Soybean oil

A growing body of research has shown that benefits of soybean oil consumption are associated with high content of PUFA. According to National Soybean Research Laboratory, soybean oil contains 61% PUFA and 24% MUFA. It is this PUFA that helps to drop cholesterol level.

Also, soybean oil is enriched with two essential fatty acids called as linoleic and linolenic which produces hormones that regulate blood pressure. It is good oil after rice bran with high smoke point.

Never forget to read label on oil packaging that indicate amount and type of fat. Saturated fat free labeling indicates saturated fat less than 0.5 gm and trans fat no more than 0.5 gm per serving.

So toss all those unhealthy cooking oils from your kitchen and replace them with healthy one.

Let’s know more about other common cooking oil

Coconut Oil Coconut oil is considered to be high in saturated fat and studies suggest that eating food items made of coconut oil may raise risk of increasing total and LDL cholesterol. However, Coconut oil also raises the HDL (good) cholesterol and its burning point is very high. Thus, eating coconut oil in moderate quantity is advisable. Groundnut oilGroundnut oil or peanut oil is mostly used in western region of India. Groundnut oil also contains fats, that are good monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats. It is low in bad saturated fats. It's good option of oil for various style of cooking.

As winter is stepping back and summer is approaching…, for many it’s a time for fun and relaxation.However,increasing heat is troublesome issue for people from all corners of world.

It’s common to get sunburn, heat cramps and sunstroke in burning heat of summer; however, taking certain precautions can help you to protect your body from that illness.

Normally our body tries to get rid of extreme heat by perspiration and evaporation of sweat. However, Many times in summer our body fails to do so because of high humidity. As high humidity in weather stops evaporation of sweat resulting in failure of heat loss mechanism.

Thus Safety concerns are must especially for aged and kids.

Let’s take a look at some of the tricks to counter the effect of heat damage.

Stay well hydrated

High temperature can decrease water level inside your body through excessive sweating. Water, a vital element, needed for almost all normal functioning of body. Water not only flush out toxins from body but keeps you hydrated also. Drinking 8-10 glasses of water even if you don’t feel thirsty is must. Increase water intake if you are exercising or going outside in hot sun. If you are bored with drinking only water why don’t you choose natural juices? Juices give added values by balancing fluid loss and correcting nutritional deficiencies.

Improve your dressing

Another piece of obvious advice easier to follow is choosing a perfect dress for summer. Select lightweight and loose fitting clothes from natural fabrics such as cotton clothes, for summer season. Light colored clothing with long sleeved; covers skin and reflects heat outside.

Reschedule your work

Cut back on your outside visits at noon when the sun is harsh. On the other way, schedule your work in early morning or evening hours. Stay in door as much as possible.

Use sun blockers

Try to avoid direct sunlight. Apply sunscreen with sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or greater at least 20-30 minutes before leaving home. Greatest single benefit of sunscreen is protection from UV rays induced skin damage. Use a wide-brimmed hat to protect face and UVA/UVB protective sunglasses for eyes.

Facilitate good indoor ventilation

Use air-conditioning to keep inside air cool. If you don’t have a.c. facilities at home choose public places like library, shopping mall or cooling center to stay cool. Switch off unnecessary lights as they increase an inside temperature. Shut down the windows and drape properly when it’s hotter outside. It’s always better to install window-reflectors that can reflect the heat outside. However, don’t forget to open them when it’s cool outside for better ventilation.

Cool your body

Swimming is great cooling exercise to be done in summer. Enjoy swimming in a cool pool but cautions about unpredictable dangerous. Take cool showers and bath to beat the heat. Shower not only cools your body but opens blocked pores from skin and facilitates effective cooling.

Careful on exercise

Strictly avoid intense physical activities during hot days. Exercise produces heat inside the body and in order to get rid of this excessive heat body starts perspiring, means losing more body fluid and hence increase your chances of dehydration.

Better way to do exercise is in early morning or late evening; warm-up is essential so that body gets adjusted.

Wise diet

No health care list is complete without addition of diet advice. Summer demands eating light meals, small in quantity but at frequent intervals. Inclusions of water enrich green leafy vegetables with an ample amount of cucumber, and tomatoes are good in summer. Fruits like watermelon, pineapples and musk melon take care of dehydration too. Coconut water is another good remedy to compensate water loss.

Avoid consuming alcoholic beverages or caffeinated drinks like coffee or cola or tea as they increase body’s dehydration. Moreover, intake of such drinks causes constriction of blood vessels near skin and hampers the heat releasing mechanism of the body.

Here is way to fix Snoring Problem effectively to enjoy healthy relationship and life……

Snoring, a vibrating sound is one of the common reasons for split relationship. Snoring is a noisy breathing during sleep that can scare you like a hell. Heavy criticism by bed sharer not only disturbs your mental life, but you can be a victim for health problems too.

This common problem can affects almost anyone. People of all ages snore and incidences are noted in both men and women.

“Forty-five percent of normal adults snore at least occasionally, and 25 percent are habitual snorers” – American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.

Condition turns out serious if you wake at night with chocking and gasping for breath commonly known as ‘sleep apnea’.

Why you snore

During sleep relaxation of throat muscles makes a throat narrow and floppy. Furthermore, pulling of a tongue backward may narrow airway. This avoids free movement of air through nose and mouth. As you breathe, vibrations get set into a wall of throat leading to characteristic rattling sound of snoring. Causes of snoring vary from individuals to individuals.

Frequent snoring has a bad impact on quality of sleep not only yours but your partner too.

Disturb night sleep: Constantly harsh noise not only disrupts own but as well as partner’s sleep. Hence snoring is a major reason of strained relationship.

Heart disease: Snoring is now known to carry the major burden of heart disease. Heavy snoring can be a sign of sleep apnea, a potentially life-threatening condition characterized by obstruction of breathing at night. This increases risk of heart failure and stroke according to study conducted at University of Michigan health system. When walls of a throat collapsed completely, this occlusion causes cessation of breathing. Obstructed breathing decreases the oxygen level in blood and increases a hormonal level of adrenaline, which can lead to rise in blood pressure and irregularities in heart leading to heart attack.

Fixing your snoring problem

Pinpointing an appropriate cause of snoring can help to find out effective fixes. For people suffering from mild to occasional snoring National Sleep Foundation suggests behavior remedies like losing weight and establishment of regular sleep pattern.

Some effective fixes are…

Loose extra pounds: Losing weight, especially those fatty folds around a neck, help to reduce snoring severity. Eat small but healthy meals frequently at least 3 to 5 times a day. Include fruits and vegetables and avoid spicy, salty and sweet foods to shed your extra pounds.

Wise sleeping: Change your position while sleeping, that is sleeping on sideways reduces snoring. Positional therapy with sleeping on a side rather than on back can help to ease the problem of snoring. Sleeping on sideways prevents weight of a neck on airways thus reducing sound of snoring.

Avoid: alcohol, heavy meals, and sedative before going to bed.

Be exercise friendly: Exercise serves as a stepping stone in controlling snoring problem. Regular work out not only help in weight loss but effective in toning muscles of throat.

Don’t forget to visit your doctor if you are noticing restlessness in daytime and sensation of chocking or gasping at night.

He may suggest you using dental appliances that avoid falling of tongue on back side. Some may advice CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) mask that help to deliver pressurized air during breathing while sleeping and avoid airway obstruction. Surgery can be a useful weapon in correction of anatomical abnormalities.

Its wintertime and supermarkets are flooded with lots of green leafy vegetables. No doubt all these winter vegetables are rich reservoir of vitamins, fibre and other micronutrients and hence healthiest for body. They are not only loaded with nutrients but have medicinal properties too. Consuming vegetables packed with nutrients can act as an effective remedy for keeping diseases at bay.

Here is how these readily available vegetables provide countless health benefits.

Carrots

This orange color stuff is widely consumed as a part of salad or famous as delicious “Gajar ka Halwa” in Indian kitchen. A rich source of beta-carotene, which gets converted into vitamin A, carrots aid in improving your vision and imparts youthful appearance. Antioxidant effect of carrot protects against cancer and promotes anti-ageing effect.

Researchers from the University of Newcastle have found a carrot compound that helps in reducing cancer risk in rat. According to researchers, falcarinol, a natural pesticide from carrot, prevent a development of cancer. Cancer preventing role of falcarinol is attributed to the stimulation of cancer-fighting mechanism in the body.

Radish

Radish, a root vegetable, is rich in antioxidant that helps in scavenging harmful free radicals. High-fiber content of radish keeps a glycemic index at low and help to keep blood sugar in check in diabetes.

Here is another reason to eat a radish as Indian researchers have spotted out its cancer preventing property. A respective study was published in Journal Plant Foods for Human Nutrition in 2010. Presence of compound called Isothiocyanates in radish induces apoptosis means a process of killing cancer cells.

Spinach

A common vegetable consumed worldwide is a powerhouse of vitamins and minerals. Usefulness of spinach ranges from maintaining bone health to prevention of intestinal cancer.

Iron from spinach is an excellent remedy for curing iron deficiency symptoms from a body.

Beside rich in iron spinach is good in nitrate content. Spinach has a significant impact on boosting muscle strength according to result of new study published in The Journal of Physiology. Nitrate from green leafy vegetables, especially from spinach, was found to associate with greater muscle strength in experimental mice.

Peas

These little marvels are enriched with lots of healthy constituents. According to review published in The British Journal of Nutrition, consumption of peas is associated with many health benefits. Fibre from peas improves intestinal function and digestive health. Pea’s protein when breakdown gets converted into compounds having potential antioxidant effect and peptides with angiotensin- 1 converting enzyme inhibitor activity, which maintains heart health. As well as playing an important role in prevention of vitamin deficiencies related diseases, phytochemicals from peas have strong antioxidant and cancer preventing properties.

Low in calories and high in fiber makes peas as an ideal constituent of a weight loss diet plan.

Edamame

Edamame, also called by soyabean or green beans, is rich in proteins. Low in fat and calories but high in protein, fiber and other micronutrients make it another important constituent of weight loss diet after peas. Polyunsaturated fat from soyabean reduces inflammation and lower the risk of heart diseases. Antioxidants help in mopping up free radicals and building stronger immunity, which aids in warding-off diseases and reduces age-related illness. Phytoestrogen from edamame may shield your body from cancer development.

Fenugreek

Fenugreek, commonly known as methi, is enriched source of protein, fibre, vitamin C, potassium and iron. Mounting research has shown that it helps to reduce low-density lipoprotein, a bad cholesterol and subsequently heart-disease risk. Fibre from fenugreek helps to maintain gastrointestinal health and reduce a risk of colon cancer.

Aim to eat maximum of these winter vegetables and enjoy the journey of health and fitness.

Toothache, a pain in and around the teeth and jaws, is the commonest cause for a dentist visit. Reasons for toothache may relate to teeth it-self or associated with other pathology. Many times toothache may signal the need to address the underlying cause, yet very few really act about it.

Here are some commonest causes of toothache.

Tooth decay

Dental cavities or tooth decay is mentioned as a main cause of toothache on medline plus. A poor dental hygiene result in tooth decay and when infection progresses through enamel, a hard white substance covering crown of teeth, you feel pain sensation. You may experience a sudden pain that can vary from mild discomfort to throbbing sensation. Penetration of infection in pulp, innermost layer of teeth, leads to formation of dental abscess. Such abscess damages sensitive nerves and blood vessels and can result in sharp and unbearable pain.

Gum diseases such as swollen gums, bleeding gums and pus formation can also contribute to toothache in majority of cases.

Sensitive teeth

Here you may experience a pain on eating or drinking hot, cold, sweet and sour foods. Teeth sensitivity is the result of exposure of “dentine” a layer below to tooth enamel. Eating above-mentioned foods causes fluid movement in dentine that stimulates nerve endings and result in sharp tooth pain. Sensitivity is due to receded gums, gums diseases, teeth grinding or cracked tooth.

Referred tooth pain

As mentioned on medscape family medicine sometimes toothache may be related to causes other than tooth pathology. Headache like migraine and paroxysmal hemicranias produce pain in a maxillary molar area. Trigeminal neuralgia, a clinical condition characterized by one-sided headache can also cause toothache. This is due to common innervations of these areas by branches of trigeminal nerve. Diseases of temporomandibular joint, a joint of the jaw, may be associated with dental pain.

It is very important to ensure such extra-dental causes of toothache before initiating proper treatment.

Sinusitis

Sinus infection is one of the major reasons for toothache, particularly affecting upper teeth having close proximity to them. Inflamed sinuses put constant pressure on teeth root causing toothache. Sinus infection may be related with tooth decay, tooth fracture and impacted wisdom teeth, all causing toothache.

Injury

Any type of facial or dental trauma due to fall or accident can cause fracture in tooth. Such traumatic tooth leaves you more vulnerable to catching bacterial infection and deposition of plaque that can lead to toothache.

Tooth grinding

People having a habit of grinding or clenching teeth may be prone to toothache. Medically, this habit is called as ‘bruxism’. Regular tooth grinding can cause an excessive load on supporting tissues and result in fracture and loss of tooth that ultimately result in toothache.

Tips to avoid toothache

Following tips are definitely worth taking in order to maintain dental hygiene and avoid toothache.

Maintain good oral hygiene:

A habit of regular brushing and flossing is still your best bet to ward off dental infection.

Dentist always advises on brushing teeth twice daily with a toothpaste containing fluoride. Flossing help to remove food particles lodge in between teeth.

Select toothbrush wisely:

Use soft toothbrush and don’t brush harshly as this can damage protective tooth enamel.

Be smart on food choices:

Limit your intake of sugary foods and drinks in order to prevent tooth decay. Avoid acidic foods such as wine or soft drinks as they can damage tooth enamel.

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